Стр.12 Unit 1 ГДЗ Вербицкая Forward 11 класс

Think Back! Use a prefix to make these adjectives into the opposite. Then check in the text on page 11.

1. uncertain
2. inappropriate
3. unpredictable
4. insensitive
5. unapproachable
6. irresponsible

Find the opposites of the underlined adjectives in the box. Then listen and repeat, paying special attention to the stress.

knowledgeable; superior; tense; reassuring; mature; dull; conceited; critical; incompatible; adventurous

1. Have a bath and you’ll feel more relaxed.
2. Steve’s a great musician, but he’s very modest about his abilities.
3. I’m really ignorant about politics. You’ll have to ask someone else.
4. Tom’s comment really made me feel inferior.
5. The teacher said some really complimentary things about our project.
6. The week before exams is a worrying time for everybody.
7. Harvey told us some intriguing stories about his visit to China.
8. Although their personalities are different, Phil and Amy are very well-matched.
9. I really can’t forgive Sylvia for her infantile behaviour: she’s nearly nineteen.
10. I’m quite cautious about trying new food in a restaurant.

Work in pairs. Student A, look below. Student B, look at page 137.

Student A

On a piece of paper, write down the name of:

• a famous couple who are incompatible;
• a politician who pretends to be knowledgeable;
• an actor who always takes predictable roles.

Close your book. Show the names to Student B and explain why you wrote them.

Listen to the first line of each conversation and choose the correct adjectives in responses 1–5 to make them logical.

1. Did you? I thought some of the things he said were really appropriate/inappropriate.
2. Do you think so? I think he’s quite knowledgeable/ignorant.
3. Have you? I find him really approachable/unapproachable.
4. Actually, I think he’s quite infantile/mature for his age.
5. Huh! I think it’s quite predictable/unpredictable: rain, rain and more rain!

Complete the gaps with a suitable opposite to show that the speakers agree. Then act out the conversations to the class.

A Jackie looked very tense today, didn’t she?

B Well, she certainly didn’t look 1) ______.

A That programme about the future of mankind was quite worrying, I thought.

B Mm, it wasn’t exactly 2) ______.

A Mr Palmer’s critical of everything we do.

B I know, he’s certainly not very 3) ______.

A Geri’s always so cautious in her choice of clothes.

B That’s true, she’s not very 4) ______ at all.

A I’m surprised Kim and Greg are still together – they’re so incompatible.

B I know, they’re not exactly 5) ______, are they?

A That new boy in our class is so conceited!

B I agree, he isn’t what you’d call 6) ______, is he?

Act out similar conversations to those in Exercise 5, using pairs of opposites from Exercises 1 and 2.